Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

untarnished

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables
un-tar-nished
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not tarnished

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English tarnished English untarnished From un- + tarnished.

Inflected Forms

more untarnished (comparative) most untarnished (superlative) untarnisht (alternative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does untarnished mean?
Not tarnished
Where does untarnished come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English tarnished English untarnished From un- + tarnished.

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